Ruth Lea

Ruth Jane LeaCBE (born 22 September 1947) is a British political economist and former civil servant. Lea joined the Civil Service before working for the Institute of Directors, a private-sector employer lobbying organisation, as well as for policy research bodies and the media.[1]

Ruth Lea has opposed the control of green house gases, claiming that "authorities on climate science say that the climate system is far too complex for modest reductions in one of the thousands of factors involved in climate change (i.e., carbon emissions) to have a predictable effect in magnitude, or even direction.".[15] Furthermore, she continues to assert that unilateral action by smaller states is pointless.